Infrastructure News

An additional 32 trains, worth $230 million (£141 million), are due to be purchased as part of an agreement between South African state logistics company Transnet and Venus Railway Solutions.

The type 15E locomotives are to...

The purchase of R97 billion (£8.8 billion) worth of new stock for Metrorail and long-distance railway services represents a "significant milestone" in passenger rail transport in South Africa.

This is according to...

Graham Smith, coordinator of the project "Development corridor in the province of Lower Congo in the South West of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)", has announced that the total bill for...

Major spending is required in order to improve and maintain the MR3 Ngwenya-Manzini road over the next decade.

The Swazi Ministry of Public Works and Transport has revealed that E1 billion (£92 million) will be spent in the...

Increased trade from East Africa has prompted Tanzania and Uganda to jointly plan the development of a new railway line and ports on Lake Victoria.

The $2.7 billion (£1.67 billion) venture will see an 800km railway link a...

Thursday, March 31: The West African Development Bank (WADB) has approved eleven infrastructure projects with a total value of 185 million dollars.

The main ones are the project to construct...

Work has begun on the Awoshie-Pokuase road and community development project in Accra, Ghana.

The cost of the development is $132 million (£82 million), with $83.6 million of the money coming from the African Development...

France has announced its intention to make a sum of 150 million euros available to Tunisia to finance a project to extend the natural gas network in the regions in the North-West...

A "comprehensive" infrastructure development plan has been drawn up for Zimbabwe by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

It is hoped the project will help to improve the country's economic fortunes by creating jobs...

The Senegalese government wants to finance a number of infrastructure projects over the next five years, costing a total of 3.4 billion dollars.

The aim is to "lift the country, in the...

Zimbabwe is looking for a $16 billion (£10 billion) investment in the transport infrastructure of the country.

According to the Zimbabwe Standard, the country's roads used to be considered among the best in southern...

Plans are to be unveiled that will show how South Africa's rail network will be improved.

Officials from the government are heading to Rail Tech Europe in the Netherlands to present their programme, entitled NATMAP 2050,...

March 14: Chad has signed an agreement to the value of 7.5 billion dollars with Chinese group CCECC for the construction of a rail line which will run for 1,344 Km.

Work will...

The government of Mozambique announced last Wednesday that it had invested a billion dollars in transport infrastructure over a period of two years between 2008 and 2010.

The Minister...

Tuesday March 15 2011: the World Bank has granted two loans to a total value of 342 million dollars to Morocco, which will be used to finance modernization projects in the sectors...

Africa needs to heavily invest in its transport and energy infrastructure if it is going to encourage economic growth.

J Kofi Bucknor, managing partner of private equity firm Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management, told Reuters there...

Abdelkader Kheta, director of maritime infrastructures, announced that 1.4 billion dollars will be invested over the next four years in order to complete several construction and renovation...

Some $20 billion (£12 billion) is needed to regenerate the transport infrastructure of the East African Community (EAC).

Comprising Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, the EAC is looking to improve the Central and...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to give Nigeria a $34.3 million (£21 million) loan to finance capacity building for Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).

Under the terms of the agreement, the money will be...

Kenya's transport infrastructure may be improved as the Thika super highway is set to be completed by the end of 2011.

The 27 billion Kenyan shillings (£197 million) scheme has a finish date of December after overcoming...